Anton Chekhov Quotes
Most popular Anton Chekhov Quotes
![Man is what he believes. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/39/19339A-man-is-what-he-believes-anton-chekhov.png)
Man is what he believes.
![The whole of Russia is our orchard. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/28/39128A-the-whole-of-russia-is-our-orchard-anton-chekhov.png)
The whole of Russia is our orchard.
![Conciseness is the sister of talent. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/13/28513A-conciseness-is-the-sister-of-talent-anton-chekhov.png)
Conciseness is the sister of talent.
![Forests are the ornaments of the earth. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/34/31334A-forests-are-the-ornaments-of-the-earth-anton-chekhov.png)
Forests are the ornaments of the earth.
![If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/89/23689A-if-you-are-afraid-of-loneliness-dont-marry-anton-chekhov.png)
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
![If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/75/34975A-if-you-are-afraid-of-loneliness-do-not-marry-anton-chekhov.png)
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
![A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/14/42414A-a-writer-should-not-so-much-write-as-embroider-paper-anton-chekhov.png)
A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper.
![Eyes—the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/11/30611A-eyes-the-heads-chief-of-police-they-watch-make-mental-anton-chekhov.png)
Eyes—the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes.
![But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/44/23844A-but-perhaps-the-universe-is-suspended-tooth-some-monster-anton-chekhov.png)
But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster.
![When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/11/22211A-when-an-actor-has-money-he-doesnt-send-letters-he-anton-chekhov.png)
When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.
![Any idiot can face a crisis—it's day to day living that wears you out. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/27/51627A-any-idiot-can-face-a-crisis-its-day-day-living-anton-chekhov.png)
Any idiot can face a crisis—it's day to day living that wears you out.
![When you read proof, take out adjectives and adverbs wherever you can. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/66/36966A-when-you-read-proof-take-out-adjectives-adverbs-wherever-you-anton-chekhov.png)
When you read proof, take out adjectives and adverbs wherever you can.
![A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/65/31065A-a-fiance-is-neither-this-nor-that-hes-left-one-anton-chekhov.png)
A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
![Despicable means used to achieve laudable goals renders the goals themselves despicable. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/54/31754A-despicable-means-used-to-achieve-laudable-goals-renders-goals-themselves-anton-chekhov.png)
Despicable means used to achieve laudable goals renders the goals themselves despicable.
![I have in my head a whole army of people pleading to be let out and awaiting my commands. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/69/42569A-i-have-in-my-head-a-whole-army-people-pleading-anton-chekhov.png)
I have in my head a whole army of people pleading to be let out and awaiting my commands.
![A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/79/26079A-a-grimy-fly-can-soil-the-entire-wall-small-dirty-anton-chekhov.png)
A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.
![Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/68/42568A-medicine-is-my-lawful-wife-and-literature-is-my-mistress-anton-chekhov.png)
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
![There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/61/53061A-there-is-no-national-science-just-as-there-is-no-anton-chekhov.png)
There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
![Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/18/51518A-reason-and-justice-tell-me-theres-more-love-humanity-electricity-anton-chekhov.png)
Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.
![Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/25/17725A-perhaps-the-feelings-that-we-experience-when-we-are-love-anton-chekhov.png)
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
![There are plenty of people in the world, solitary by temperament, who try to retreat into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/79/33879A-there-are-plenty-of-people-in-world-solitary-by-temperament-anton-chekhov.png)
There are plenty of people in the world, solitary by temperament, who try to retreat into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail.
![A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/08/5408A-a-writer-is-not-a-confectioner-cosmetic-dealer-or-entertainer-anton-chekhov.png)
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscious and his sense of duty.
![Critics are like horse-flies which hinder the horses in their plowing of the soil. The horse works, all its muscles drawn tight like the strings on a double-bass, and a fly settles on his flanks and tickles and buzzes. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/19/28919A-critics-are-like-horse-flies-which-hinder-horses-their-plowing-anton-chekhov.png)
Critics are like horse-flies which hinder the horses in their plowing of the soil. The horse works, all its muscles drawn tight like the strings on a double-bass, and a fly settles on his flanks and tickles and buzzes.
![Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. - Anton Chekhov quote.](/img/q/33/50633A-man-has-been-endowed-with-reason-with-power-create-so-anton-chekhov.png)
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.